Don Safran: 5 books

In the best of times Stan Willis wouldn’t have considered a weekend in Tijuana any more enticing than one in Rwanda. And with Mexican drug lords playing war games with police and drug rivals this is hardly the best of times. But there is a prize in this explosive Mexican piñata—hard-to-resist...

He had assumed it would be a softball assignment despite his nerves still being raw after Iwo and Okinawa. After all, the cargo was Army wives. She had wanted to take the new Pan Am commercial flight to Europe and arrive overnight, but the Army appealed to her sense of duty, and she agreed to join...

Stan Willis thinks he’s found a link among three random high profile murders in different parts of the country and posts his theory on his crime blog. A mysterious phone call from Carl Evans, the killer, confirms Stan’s suspicions. And as we learn more about the personal lives of the two men,...

Four PlayA film director has problems with actors who aren’t happy having their lines cut, a writer is under pressure to add new scenes for a female lead, and filming is delayed when two people are found murdered. How will it be resolved? It’s just a series of nuisances the director has...

"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple." --New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014 Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog Included...